Demanding not to spare any of the perpetrators involved in  the countrywide havoc and atrocities, editors and senior journalists have raised questions whether there were any failure of execution of the intelligence report to thwart the destructive mayhem unleashed by the BNP-Jamaat in-guise of quota reform movement. They also put emphasis on strengthening Awami League as a political party and ...

Dr M Harun-Ur-Rashid Askari, a former vice-chancellor of Islamic University in Kushtia, took over as the director general of Bangla Academy on Wednesday, reports UNB. The government appointed him to the post for the next three years on July 18. He was replaced by Nurul Huda as his tenure came to an end. The officials of the Bangla Academy, however, ...

Dhaka Elevated Expressway will remain closed until the curfew is completely lifted by the government. Expressway management company First Dhaka Elevated Expressway Company Ltd (FDEE) stated it on Wednesday. According to the FDEE, the decision was taken in the wake of torching two toll booths on the expressway during the recent violence over the quota reform movement.  

The ruling Awami League has become detached from people, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said. He made the remark while speaking at a press conference at the party chairperson’s political office at Gulshan in the capital on Wednesday afternoon. At that time, Mirza Fakhrul said: “The present Awami League doesn’t have any similarity with the previous Awami ...

All examinations, including the viva voce of the 44th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS), under the Public Service Commission (PSC) have been postponed until July 31 for unavoidable grounds. PSC public relations officer SM Matiur Rahman informed the media through a text on Monday. He said that all the changed schedule of the exams will be informed through PSC website and ...

As many as 16,000 people have been sued in 10 cases in connection with various incidents of violence during the quota reform movement in Sylhet. The cases were filed separately at Kotwali, Jalalabad, and South Surma Police Stations under Sylhet Metropolitan Police. Mohammad Saiful Islam, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Media) of Sylhet Metropolitan Police, confirmed the information, adding that a total ...

Twice-yearly shots used to treat AIDS were 100% effective in preventing new infections in women, according to study results published Wednesday. There were no infections in the young women and girls that got the shots in a study of about 5,000 in South Africa and Uganda, researchers reported. In a group given daily prevention pills, roughly 2% ended up catching ...

Though the university administration had directed students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) to leave the halls by three pm today, they did not comply. They are continuing their protest, declaring that they will not leave the halls. UST authorities instructed the students to vacate the halls by 3 pm on Wednesday, after a syndicate meeting. Following this ...

Two Northern University students were reportedly shot dead by police in capital’s Uttara during the complete shutdown called by the agitating students demanding quota reform. In connection with the ongoing quota movement and the attack of Chhatra League on students and killings in different parts of the country, ‘Complete Shutdown’ is going on across the country on the call of ...

To maintain law and order amid the ongoing quota reform movement, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) is deploying 229 platoons across the country, including in Dhaka. Meanwhile, a total of 16 platoon of ansar members, including 40 female members, have been deployed in Dhaka. Md Rubel Hossain, Ansar and Village Defense Force’s assistant director (VDP Training) and public relations officer, confirmed ...